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blood match day one

game start

28 players remaining

The morning the game starts, all pairs will be escorted from their rooms by friendly robot buddies into their own underwater shuttle waiting to take them to the arena. Should anyone try to resist, the collar around their neck will start beeping ominously and their friendly robot escort will become a lot less friendly and a lot more forceful. While in the shuttle, each player will be stripped of whatever clothing or items they have on them. The robot buddies will give each player the following:
- a uniform consisting of a light water-resistant jacket, a t-shirt with the words BLOOD MATCH '15 emblazoned on it, track pants, and standard-issue undergarments. All clothing has been tailored to the player's size perfectly and comes in a classy shade of steel grey.
- a small backpack which holds: three matches, a small canteen with a day's worth of water, and a day's worth of packaged rations
- a digital watch
- a booklet with all the character information cards in it
- a randomly assigned tool

The shuttle ride lasts for around half an hour, docking in a large garage. A friendly robot buddy will then guide each pair into their own elevator and a countdown will begin from 10. Once the countdown hits zero, the elevators will rise and the players will emerge in a shallow bay of what appears to be a volcanic island.

(OOC: Please update your character's info card with the ranking they would have likely received based on observation of their stay at the training facility. Rankings should be between 1-10.

Also, when starting a thread, please put in your header the following: ZONE # - TIME - AREA. This will hopefully make it easier for everyone to keep track of which character is where.)

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A place... to stay?

[Mayu bites her lip. Their promise is fresh in her mind, though - he wouldn't make a promise like that and just ditch her... would he?]

For me to wait for you to come back...

Mmhm! I'll leave you with some of my supplies just in case you need them, okay? But I won't be gone long!

[A reassuring smile! YES JACK VESSALIUS DOES NOT DITCH PEOPLE EVER.]

...

[Well, he'll have to come back for his supplies, at the very least.]

As long as you really won't be gone for that long... it's okay.

Do you want to work out a signal so you can call me back if you need me?

[He starts trekking upward while talking, toward some of the mountains that are less sharply steep and with more vegetation.]

[Mayu looks carefully at their surroundings as they proceed.]

A signal... um... [She can't yell, "Jack, help me!" because then if she is in trouble, whoever's causing the trouble will know there's one more person to come and cause trouble for.] What if... [She brings one hand up to her lips and whistles sharply.] If I need you to come back right away, I'll do that.

[A nod!]

That works well. I'll come running as soon as I hear it, all right?

[And at this point he's pretty much reached the crest of the hill, which is wooded but not so dense that it's impossible to see.]

What do you think of this spot?

...it looks okay...

[She hopes it's okay. She hopes she doesn't fall down the hill, because that would be an unfortunately familiar way to go.]

I should be able to see if someone comes by... So I can probably hide if someone hostile comes.

[He nods along, looking over the area as he does so, just to really make sure that it's enough.]

—Well, then! That should do it for now. Ready to get down?

...yes.

[The answer is "No," if she's being honest, but it's okay to lie at a time like this. It's necessary. Once Jack is ready to set her down, she'll cooperate, loosening her hold on him as soon as her feet touch the ground.]

I'll wait here. So... please come back fast...

[He leans over carefully so she doesn't have to worry about putting too much weight on her feet all at once, and once she's let go, he turns around to face her with a smile.]

I will, I promise! Stay safe in the meantime, okay?

I will... good luck with your scouting.

[He'll come back. He'll come back. Mayu has to keep telling herself that, because if she ends up freaking out and attracting someone who wants to bump off an easy target, that will be bad.

She tries to smile at him encouragingly, but it comes out looking a little more lonely and afraid than she would like.]

Thanks!

[He reaches out to ruffle her hair fondly, and then turns with a wave and sets off. BYE NERD...]

[She watches him as he goes, wrapping her arms around herself in an effort to give herself some kind of comfort.

It's not really successful, but, eh.]